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USING: help.markup help.syntax math.functions math ;
IN: math.libm
ARTICLE: "math.libm" "C standard library math functions"
"The words in the " { $vocab-link "math.libm" } " vocabulary call C standard library math functions. They are used to implement words in the " { $vocab-link "math.functions" } " vocabulary."
$nl
"They can be called directly, however there is little reason to do so, since they only implement real-valued functions, and in some cases place restrictions on the domain:"
{ $example "2 acos ." "C{ 0.0 1.316957896924817 }" }
{ $example "2 facos ." "0.0/0.0" }
"Trigonometric functions:"
{ $subsection fcos }
{ $subsection fsin }
{ $subsection facos }
{ $subsection fasin }
{ $subsection fatan }
{ $subsection fatan2 }
"Hyperbolic functions:"
{ $subsection fcosh }
{ $subsection fsinh }
"Exponentials and logarithms:"
{ $subsection fexp }
{ $subsection flog }
"Powers:"
{ $subsection fpow }
{ $subsection fsqrt } ;
ABOUT: "math.libm"
HELP: facos
{ $values { "x" real } { "y" real } }
{ $description "Calls the inverse trigonometric cosine function from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link acos } " instead." } ;
HELP: fasin
{ $values { "x" real } { "y" real } }
{ $description "Calls the inverse trigonometric sine function from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link asin } " instead." } ;
HELP: fatan
{ $values { "x" real } { "y" real } }
{ $description "Calls the inverse trigonometric tangent function from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link atan } " instead." } ;
HELP: fatan2
{ $values { "x" real } { "y" real } { "z" real } }
{ $description "Calls the two-parameter inverse trigonometric tangent function from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link arg } " instead." } ;
HELP: fcos
{ $values { "x" real } { "y" real } }
{ $description "Calls the trigonometric cosine function from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link cos } " instead." } ;
HELP: fsin
{ $values { "x" real } { "y" real } }
{ $description "Calls the trigonometric sine function from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link sin } " instead." } ;
HELP: fcosh
{ $values { "x" real } { "y" real } }
{ $description "Calls the hyperbolic cosine function from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link cosh } " instead." } ;
HELP: fsinh
{ $values { "x" real } { "y" real } }
{ $description "Calls the hyperbolic sine function from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link sinh } " instead." } ;
HELP: fexp
{ $values { "x" real } { "y" real } }
{ $description "Calls the exponential function (" { $snippet "y=e^x" } " from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link exp } " instead." } ;
HELP: flog
{ $values { "x" real } { "y" real } }
{ $description "Calls the natural logarithm function from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link log } " instead." } ;
HELP: fpow
{ $values { "x" real } { "y" real } { "z" real } }
{ $description "Calls the power function (" { $snippet "z=x^y" } ") from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link ^ } " instead." } ;
HELP: fsqrt
{ $values { "x" real } { "y" real } }
{ $description "Calls the square root function from the C standard library. User code should call " { $link sqrt } " instead." } ;